When a stock hits a fresh low, it can either signal a dirt cheap dream stock or a dreadful stock to avoid. Separating the wheat from the chaff is difficult, but finding well-run companies at bargain-basement prices is a great way to accumulate a fortune over the long run.
With that in mind, we'll use the aggregate intelligence of the 110,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS to see what the community is saying about stocks hitting 52-week lows today. The community's approval (signified by four- and five-star ratings) could indicate that further research is in order.
Here are three such stocks:
| Company |
Today’s Low |
Industry |
CAPS Rating (out of 5) |
Fools Saying Outperform |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
iShares MSCI Spain Index (ETF) |
$50.44 |
Closed-End Fund - Equity |
|
97 of 111 |
|
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria SA (ADR) |
$17.11 |
Foreign Regional Banks |
|
173 of 182 |
|
IRSA Inversiones Representaciones (ADR) |
$9.62 |
Real Estate Development |
|
161 of 170 |
Source: Motley Fool CAPS, as of Aug. 14, 2008.
Five-star closed-end fund - equity companies:
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POWERSHS DB MULTI SECT COMM
(AMEX:DBO) : Stock price is 73% higher than last year. -
POWERSHS DB MULTI SECT COMM
(AMEX:DBE) : Stock price is 62% higher than last year.
Five-star foreign regional banks companies:
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Banco Bradesco S.A. (ADR)
(NYSE:BBD) : Stock price is 20% higher than last year. -
First BanCorp.
(NYSE:FBP) : Stock price is 11% higher than last year.
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Disclosure is important to us here at The Motley Fool. The stocks mentioned in this article received "five-star" ratings from participants in The Motley Fool's CAPS service and are showing strong percentage gains in today's market, at least compared with other CAPS five-star stocks. No individual person selected the stocks in this article, so there is no author to disclose an interest in them. Since this article was automatically generated by identifying the stocks loved both by the CAPS community and by buyers in today’s market, it is possible that Motley Fool personnel (and even The Motley Fool itself, through our Million Dollar Portfolio), have positions in these stocks. We thought you'd like to know that. You can learn more about The Motley Fool’s disclosure policy here.
